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Chanting “They can’t kill Africa,” groups of protesters were set to march from the site of a deadly police shooting on skid row to an LAPD meeting in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. The group and activists with the #BlackLivesMatter protests have been critical of Sunday’s shooting of a local transient known as Africa who was killed by police during a run-in recorded by witnesses on cellphone video and posted online. MORE: LAPD shooting on skid row Tina Medina stood amid the growing crowd of protesters Tuesday. She clutched at her chest as she spoke of recent controversial shootings by police officers. "There's too many of these going...

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Chanting “They can’t kill Africa,” groups of protesters were set to march from the site of a deadly police shooting on skid row to an LAPD meeting in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday morning.
The group and activists with the #BlackLivesMatter protests...

Police fatally shot a homeless man on Skid Row during a "brutal" videotaped struggle in which a rookie officer cried out that the man had grabbed his gun, the Los Angeles police chief said Monday. Video showed the man reaching toward the...

It began like so many other arguments on the sorrowful pavement of Los Angeles' skid row.
About half an hour before police fatally shot him Sunday, the man known to others on the streets as Africa sat outside the tent he had pitched on the sidewalk of...

An enhanced version of a video recording of L.A. police officers fatally shooting a homeless man on skid row Sunday appears to show the man's hand reaching in the direction of an officer's waistband.
A Times review of the video...

A rookie officer cried out that a homeless man in a "brutal" videotaped struggle with police had hold of his gun before three other officers fired, killing the man, the Los Angeles police chief said on Monday.
Chief Charlie Beck said video...

Southern California port officials say it could take up to three months to clear cargo that piled up during a labor dispute that threatened to cripple West Coast commerce.
On Friday, shipping companies and the International Longshore and Warehouse...

West Coast ports are emerging from the most contentious labor dispute in more than a decade, but lingering resentment and structural problems may complicate a return to normality.
Activity picked up Saturday at Western harbors after the dockworkers union...

Shipping companies and dockworkers reached a tentative deal late Friday on a new labor contract, avoiding a shutdown of 29 ports that would have choked off trade through the West Coast.
The agreement, which still needs approval from union members and...

Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins announced a proposal Wednesday to expand affordable housing in California by charging a $75 fee to record real estate documents. The San Diego Democrat's plan would send cities hundreds of millions of dollars for development...

When Los Angeles boutique chain Kitson first landed at Los Angeles International Airport, it seemed like an ideal match: The glossy retailer would gain access to millions of travelers every year, while lending the airport some of its Hollywood cachet.
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When the minimum wage in San Jose went from $8 to $10 an hour in 2013, Adolfo Gomez started sending kitchen staff at his Mexican restaurant home early. His mother and brother handled the extra work.
In Albuquerque, Myra Ghattas told cooks and hostesses...

SAN JOSE, Calif. Saying he had "no illusions of what's in store," California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday announced he was opening a campaign committee to run for governor in 2018. "I've never been a fan of pretense or...

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs detailed its plan Friday to end veterans' homelessness in Los Angeles by 2016, pledging to open its West Los Angeles campus to permanent and temporary housing, and to place returning service members and their...

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez has set a Friday deadline for shipping companies and the dockworkers union to end a long-running labor dispute that has clogged West Coast ports.
Contract talks between the the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents...

The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders are partnering to build a 68,000-seat stadium in Carson, the latest twist in 20 years of maneuvers to return the NFL to the Los Angeles area.
The news came six weeks after St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke and...

Wal-Mart's advertising slogan is "Save money, live better," but for years the world's largest retailer has been criticized for not paying its workers enough to do that.
Now, facing rising minimum wages in California and other states,...

Contract talks between shipping companies and the dockworkers union are expected to continue Thursday, as the Obama administration seeks to avoid a costly shutdown of 29 West Coast ports.
On Wednesday, Labor Secretary Tom Perez met with...

Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson on Thursday asked immigrants in Los Angeles to “step forward” and apply for President Obama’s expanded deferred action program.
At a packed event at the L.A. Central Library, Johnson touted the benefits of the program,...

More cargo ships piled up at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports Monday as Labor Secretary Thomas Perez prepared to meet with shipping companies and the dockworkers union to revive stalled contract talks.
The labor dispute all but closed the San Pedro...

Los Angeles television news pioneer Stan Chambers, who had a front-row seat to earthquakes, fires and the life of the city since the 1940s, died Friday, according to KTLA-TV, the station where he was a reporter for more than six decades. He was 91....